novice
n
1 person who is new and inexperienced in a job, situation, etc; beginner 新手; 生手; 初学者
She's a complete novice as a reporter. 她初任记者, 完全是个生手.
[attrib 作定语]
a novice writer, salesman, cook, etc 新的作家、 售货员、 厨师等.
2 person who is to become a monk or a nun but has not yet taken the final vows 见习修士或修女. Cf 参看 postulant.
It would be a waste of money to buy the IBM PC586.
买IBM586就浪费钱了。
Why don't you do the experiment? I'm sure you would do it really well.
你干吗不做这个实验呢?我相信你一定会干的很棒的。
Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.